About Georg Cantor: Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor is of great philosophical interest, a fact of which he was well aware.
In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.
The essence of mathematics lies in its freedom.
A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.
My beautiful proof lies all in ruins.
I realise that in this undertaking I place myself in a certain opposition to views widely held concerning the mathematical infinite and to opinions frequently defended on the nature of numbers.